Hacker News: meehow

Zero of 773 FIPS 140-3 certificates are validated at Level 4

meehow — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:27:00 +0000

Article URL: https://808bits.com/articles/fips-140-3-levels-explained/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527687

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

492 FIPS 140-2 certificates still active, 23 days before the sunset

meehow — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:20:33 +0000

Article URL: https://808bits.com/fips/140-2-sunset/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49484373

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by meehow in "Threshold Schnorr signs in 3ms, threshold ECDSA in 5s"

meehow — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:57:50 +0000

This started as a side effect: I implemented FROST, CGGMP and DKLs23 in one codebase to understand them, and kept being surprised by how differently they cost. So I benchmarked everything I could get to build on one machine: my implementations, both Rust DKLs23 libraries, Binance's tss-lib, Taurus' CGGMP library and Zcash Foundation's frost crates.

Threshold Schnorr signs in 3ms, threshold ECDSA in 5s

meehow — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:57:50 +0000

Article URL: https://808bits.com/articles/the-ecdsa-tax/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49368241

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

The key that never exists: a threshold signing ceremony in the browser

meehow — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:20:09 +0000

Article URL: https://808bits.com/articles/threshold-signing-ceremony-in-your-browser/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49315217

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

FIPS 140-3 is not a security guarantee, and auditors know it

meehow — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:21:33 +0000

Article URL: https://808bits.com/articles/fips-140-3-not-a-security-guarantee/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49176634

Points: 39

# Comments: 27

You Can't Audit Entropy After the Fact

meehow — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:26:23 +0000

Article URL: https://808bits.com/articles/coldcard-entropy-failure-lessons/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49147490

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Show HN: I scanned 50k radio streams and built an app for the ones that work

meehow — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 21:04:56 +0000

I got tired of radio apps that make you hunt for working streams. Most directories are full of dead links, duplicates, and placeholder logos - so I built Receiver.

I scan ~50k streams from radio-browser.info, verify each one is actually reachable and streaming, deduplicate, fetch proper logos, and ship the result as a clean SQLite database with the app. What survives: ~30k stations, all working.

Built with Vala and GTK 4 - native GNOME app, no Electron. MPRIS integration, session persistence, 130 language translations. No sign-up, no ads, no tracking.

Available as Snap, .deb, and AppImage. Flathub submission in progress.

Happy to answer questions about the data pipeline, Vala/GTK 4 development, or packaging for Linux.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47104739

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Receiver – Internet radio for GNOME with 30K pre-verified stations

meehow — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:20:54 +0000

This is my first GNOME / Vala app. Let me know what do you think.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47079578

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Why Zig Developers Earn the Most (2024)

meehow — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:47:38 +0000

Article URL: https://thenextweb.com/news/zig-highest-paying-programming-language

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45032124

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by meehow in "Start your own Internet Resiliency Club"

meehow — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:35:21 +0000

- Compiled firmware is available on GitHub, packed together with a script for flashing it.

- You can use Meshtastic CLI.

- Docs are in git repository in .mdx format: https://github.com/meshtastic/meshtastic

All "sins" you mentioned are results of trying to be more convenient for users used to web browsers. Current state of web is pretty far from being decentralized, including web3.

New comment by meehow in "PrivTracker – Private BitTorrent tracker for everyone"

meehow — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:45:44 +0000

Yes, this one :)

It's automatically pushed to docker hub.

  docker run -it --rm meehow/privtracker

Every piece of software should come with a song [video]

meehow — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 19:06:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOE7EAlPUwE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41027330

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by meehow in "Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling"

meehow — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:02:06 +0000

Are you a vampire?

School ruins kids and how it has probably ruined you too

meehow — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 20:27:07 +0000

Article URL: https://cornvanstraten.medium.com/how-school-ruins-kids-f8da10f49a05

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39018656

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

Pascal's creator and computer pioneer Niklaus Wirth has passed away

meehow — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 08:02:48 +0000

Article URL: https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2024/01/computer-pioneer-niklaus-wirth-has-died.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38889480

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by meehow in "The Final Speech from The Great Dictator (1940)"

meehow — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 22:15:19 +0000

https://hntelegraph.com/post/the-final-speech-from-the-great...

New comment by meehow in "Show HN: Hacker News Telegraph: News generated from your comments"

meehow — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 03:05:57 +0000

Thank you for the feedback. Of course, it's AI-based. I have a cron job to check for new content every hour, but it generates articles only when there is some discussion going on.

New comment by meehow in "Bluetooth keystroke-injection in Android, Linux, macOS and iOS"